199 homes and business premises planned for Little Paxton site

PLANS: Development site at Little Paxton where 199 homes could go (Image: Google)

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Martin Page, director of planning at Barford, said: “The application seeks outline approval and at this stage it is very much about principles. In relation to the type of employment development we have referred to Class B1 uses, which by definition covers activates such as office, research and development, and light industrial that can be undertaken within a residential area without causing harm.

“The final development could therefore be offices or small light industrial workshops, or a mix. The specific form will depend on the market interest and satisfying the Council that the layout, design and relationships are acceptable. These are matters that would be addressed later at the reserved matters stage, assuming planning permission is granted.”

The site is sandwiched between new housing and the golf course and there are more new homes across the river at the bottom of the land.

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In its application it said: “Following the granting of planning permission the trustees for the landowners have reviewed employment needs in the St Neots area in light of the existing stock of available premises in and around the town, the already significant committed business sites along the A428, the planned strategic mixed use development east of the railway and the focus to develop the Alconbury Enterprise Zone.

“This has led them to conclude there is unlikely demand for such a quantum of business premises that will make the site commercially attractive for investor.”

The firm said: “In these circumstances and the pressing demand for the delivery of housing, the intention is to bring the site forward for mixed use development which will achieve a sustainable urban expansion of Little Paxton and a reduced employment area.”

A survey has shown that the site was of low ecological value and that archaeological investigations had shown it was of little historical importance.

The application said that houses would not be built close to the river frontage in an area which was considered to be at risk of flooding.